HILLSBORO -- A caregiver at a Cedar Mill assisted living facility was sentenced Wednesday to 25 months in prison after stealing about $500 from an 83-year-old resident.

Quanecka Shaquaya Thompson, 23, of Portland pleaded guilty to two felony counts of burglary and a felony count of criminal mistreatment.

Thompson had worked at the Regency Park assisted living facility on Southwest Barnes Road for at least six months before her arrest May 14, said Sgt. David Thompson, spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

One of the burglary charges was enhanced because the victim, Mina Garrison, was in the apartment at the same time as items were taken, said deputy district attorney Kevin Barton, who is on the Elder Abuse Team, which specializes in these types of cases.

"We put her in a position where if she does this again, the judge will have a lot of flexibility to impose a large amount of prison time against her," Barton said.

Kohl recommended that Quanecka Thompson have no contact with Garrison or any nursing homes during three years of probation after her release from prison.

Thompson had initially denied involvement in the crimes after her arrest by the Washington County Sheriff's Office, said district attorney Zoe Smith, also on the Elder Abuse Team. But that was before Thompson knew she'd been caught on tape.

Detectives had set up a sting after multiple residents had reported missing money, Smith said.

They hid a video camera in Garrison's room in April, Smith said. Along with the camera: a purse holding $152.

The camera, behind a pinhole on the face of a clock, recorded Thompson stealing from the purse in four instances from April 25 to May 2, sometimes while Garrison sat inside the apartment in her wheelchair.

After watching the tape, Thompson admitted stealing from Garrison at least 10 times between November and May, Smith said. Thompson took an average of $50 per theft. She would leave some money behind to make the thefts look less noticeable, David Thompson said.

Thompson, who previously had no criminal record, declined to speak in court Wednesday.